1975-1976 Boston Celtics: 54-28 .659
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-7 (3940 points scored, 3696 allowed) Road record: 23-18 (4262 points scored, 4304 allowed) Other sites: 2-3 (506 points scored, 516 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Heinsohn 8708 points scored (6th of 18 teams), 8516 points allowed (6th) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jerome Anderson 6'5 195 22 West Virginia Jim Ard 6'8 215 27 Cincinnati Tom Boswell 6'8 220 22 South Carolina Dave Cowens 6'9 230 27 Florida State John Havlicek 6'5 203 35 Ohio State Steve Kuberski 6'8 215 28 Bradley Glenn McDonald 6'6 190 23 Cal State Long Beach Don Nelson 6'6 210 35 Iowa Charlie Scott 6'5 175 27 North Carolina Ed Searcy 6'6 210 23 St. John's Paul Silas 6'7 220 32 Creighton Kevin Stacom 6'3 185 24 Providence Jo Jo White 6'3 190 29 Kansas Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Jo Jo White 82 3257 670 1492 0 0 212 253 61 252 313 445 107 20 0 183 1552 18.9 C Dave Cowens 78 3101 611 1305 0 0 257 340 335 911 1246 325 94 71 0 314 1479 19.0 G Charlie Scott 82 2913 588 1309 0 0 267 335 106 252 358 341 103 24 0 356 1443 17.6 F John Havlicek 76 2598 504 1121 0 0 281 333 116 198 314 278 97 29 0 204 1289 17.0 F Paul Silas 81 2662 315 740 0 0 236 333 365 660 1025 203 56 33 0 227 866 10.7 F Don Nelson 75 943 175 379 0 0 127 161 56 126 182 77 14 7 0 115 477 6.4 F Glenn McDonald 75 1019 191 456 0 0 40 56 56 79 135 68 39 20 0 123 422 5.6 G Kevin Stacom 77 1114 170 387 0 0 68 91 62 99 161 128 23 5 0 117 408 5.3 F Steve Kuberski 60 882 128 274 0 0 68 76 86 148 234 44 11 11 0 123 324 5.4 C Jim Ard 81 853 107 294 0 0 71 100 96 193 289 48 12 36 0 141 285 3.5 F Tom Boswell 35 275 41 93 0 0 14 24 26 45 71 16 2 1 0 70 96 2.7 G Jerome Anderson 22 126 25 45 0 0 11 16 4 9 13 6 3 3 0 25 61 2.8 F Ed Searcy 4 12 2 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 1.5
1975 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 17 Tom Boswell 366 South Carolina
3 53 Jerome Anderson 49 West Virginia
4 72 Cyrus Mann Illinois State
5 89 Darryl Brown Fordham
6 108 Rick Coleman Jacksonville
7 125 Al Boswell Oral Roberts
8 144 Roger Morningstar Kansas
9 159 Robert Rhodes Albany State
10 174 Bill Endicott Massachusetts
Traded draft picks:
#2 to PHO (Jimmy Conner)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/21/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 107-98
04/23/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 101-96
04/25/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 93-98
04/28/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 122-124
04/30/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 99-88
05/02/1976 at Buffalo Braves W 104-100
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Eastern Finals
05/06/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-99
05/09/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 94-89
05/11/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 78-83
05/14/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 87-106
05/16/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 99-94
05/18/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 94-87
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Finals
05/23/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 98-87
05/27/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 105-90
05/30/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 98-105
06/02/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 107-109
06/04/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 128-126 (3OT)
06/06/1976 at Phoenix Suns W 87-80
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Jo Jo White 18 791 165 371 78 95 12 59 71 98 23 1 51 408 22.7
C Dave Cowens 18 798 156 341 66 87 87 209 296 83 22 13 85 378 21.0
G Charlie Scott 18 632 111 284 55 72 23 53 76 71 21 8 97 277 15.4
F John Havlicek 15 505 80 180 38 47 18 38 56 51 12 5 32 198 13.2
F Paul Silas 18 741 69 154 56 69 78 168 246 42 24 6 67 194 10.8
F Don Nelson 18 315 52 108 60 69 17 36 53 17 3 2 46 164 9.1
F Steve Kuberski 18 232 38 81 21 26 16 35 51 16 0 3 38 97 5.4
C Jim Ard 16 110 13 29 11 14 10 16 26 8 1 3 29 37 2.3
G Kevin Stacom 17 195 13 45 8 11 9 8 17 16 5 0 21 34 2.0
F Glenn McDonald 13 68 8 26 5 6 1 7 8 4 1 0 12 21 1.6
F Tom Boswell 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0.7
G Jerome Anderson 4 5 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0.5
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/24/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 109-94 1-0 10/29/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 115-106 2-0 10/31/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 112-94 3-0 11/01/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 82-84 3-1 11/05/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 105-95 4-1 11/07/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 101-104 4-2 11/08/1975 at Detroit Pistons W 118-104 5-2 11/11/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks L 91-100 5-3 11/13/1975 at Washington Bullets L 107-110 5-4 11/14/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 109-119 5-5 11/15/1975 at Buffalo Braves W 112-110 6-5 11/21/1975 vs New York Knicks W 110-101 7-5 11/23/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 105-90 8-5 11/26/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics L 109-110 8-6 11/28/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 114-107 9-6 12/02/1975 at New York Knicks W 103-100 10-6 12/03/1975 vs Chicago Bulls L 106-109 10-7 12/05/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 104-93 11-7 12/06/1975 at Atlanta Hawks W 111-104 12-7 12/10/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 111-98 13-7 12/12/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 130-108 14-7 12/13/1975 at Houston Rockets W 137-120 15-7 12/14/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 102-93 16-7 12/17/1975 vs Kansas City Kings W 118-104 17-7 12/19/1975 vs New York Knicks W 120-112 18-7 12/20/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers W 111-97 19-7 12/23/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 92-101 19-8 12/26/1975 at Phoenix Suns W 112-106 20-8 12/28/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers W 123-113 21-8 12/30/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 101-133 21-9 01/02/1976 at Seattle Supersonics W 102-98 22-9 01/03/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 97-125 22-10 01/07/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 109-103 23-10 01/09/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 118-113 24-10 01/11/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 107-118 24-11 01/13/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-94 25-11 01/14/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 101-106 25-12 01/16/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 118-110 26-12 01/17/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 94-92 27-12 01/18/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 97-94 28-12 01/20/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 85-98 28-13 01/21/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 114-100 29-13 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/23/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 108-91 30-13 01/25/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 135-107 31-13 01/28/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 110-99 32-13 01/31/1976 at Buffalo Braves W 109-100 33-13 02/01/1976 at Detroit Pistons W 114-109 34-13 02/07/1976 at New York Knicks W 106-98 35-13 02/08/1976 vs New York Knicks L 89-97 35-14 02/11/1976 at Houston Rockets L 103-115 35-15 02/13/1976 at Phoenix Suns W 109-108 36-15 02/15/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 105-109 36-16 02/18/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 99-124 36-17 02/20/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers W 125-113 37-17 02/21/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 94-100 37-18 02/25/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 103-102 38-18 02/27/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 122-118 39-18 02/29/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 119-101 40-18 03/03/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 110-123 40-19 03/04/1976 at Atlanta Hawks L 98-103 40-20 03/05/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 98-93 41-20 03/07/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 88-87 42-20 03/09/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz L 99-117 42-21 03/10/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 92-89 43-21 03/14/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 89-102 43-22 03/19/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 120-117 44-22 03/20/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers W 103-96 45-22 03/21/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-100 46-22 03/23/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 101-97 47-22 03/24/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 94-87 48-22 03/26/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 95-93 49-22 03/27/1976 at New York Knicks L 103-105 49-23 03/28/1976 vs New York Knicks W 100-94 50-23 03/30/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 83-93 50-24 03/31/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 122-102 51-24 04/01/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 95-88 52-24 04/02/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 119-115 53-24 04/04/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 114-117 53-25 04/06/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 92-101 53-26 04/08/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 104-131 53-27 04/09/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 100-106 53-28 04/11/1976 at Washington Bullets W 103-99 54-28 |